compendium

compendium (conp-) ī, n

com- + pendo, gain, profit : alquem cum compendio dimittere: in quaestu compendioque versati: compendii sui causā: suo privato compendio servire, Cs.: privatum conpendium (eos) in hostem acuebat, L.— Fig., shortness, a short way : montis, a short cut , O.: per compendia maris adsequi alqm, Ta.